Artificial Dairy Signups Embrace Marion Meeting
Twenty farmers joined the Linn County Artificial Dairy association at a Marion gathering to form a cooperative under Iowa law. Members pay a $5 fee, $1 per cow into a revolving fund, and half the service fees in advance, with services planned for Cedar Rapids area members and added charges for longer distances. Plans include leasing Guernsey and Jersey sires, with Holstein sire search led by a Springville trio, and Dr. J. W. Pirie to manage breeding operations at Cedar Rapids.
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Dairy Breeding Association
Cooperative Law of
Iowa
Marion
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Guernsey
J. W Carnahan
R. B Condit
A. R. Pearson
Springville
Jersey
H. C Jacobs
Mt. Vernon
H A. Stickney
Central City
Philip Hand
Center Point
J. W. Pirie
Dr Pirie
Glass Road
Wickard Targets Speculative Rise in Corn Prices
Secretary Wickard denounced recent speculative advances in corn as unjustified and harmful to the agriculture department’s war production goals. He said the department will use all means to keep feed prices reasonable and will make government corn and grain stock available to bona fide feeders and processors. Government reserves include 265 million bushels of corn and 500 million bushels of wheat, with a projected next fall carryover over 600 million bushels of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Closing Out Sale Near Ely Addresses Rural Assets
Due to ill health A Lefebvre announces a closing out sale 244 miles SW of Ely and 2 miles east of Western on Tuesday February 3 1942 starting 11 50 a m. Sale features horses and mules 32 head of dairy cattle hogs and breeding stock machinery and miscellaneous items feed grain and farm equipment with an Auct Wilbur Colby and bank clerks handling receipts lunch provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Western
Closing Out Sale At Dwire Mace Farm In Iowa
George Naxera owner announces a closing out sale at his residence known as the Dwire Mace, 64 miles east of Solon and 12 miles west of Cedar Bluffs on Rock Road, Thursday Feb 12 1942 at 11 AM. Livestock include 12 head horses 80 head steers 135 hogs and a short horn bull. Crops and goods listed are corn oats hay winter wheat clover seed pullets and full line of machinery with further details in The Gazette. Auditor G FE Marketan serves as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maying
Dwire
Solon
Rock Road
George Naxera
Carter’s Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Bile Flow
An old advertising block extols Carter’s Little Liver Pills to “wake up your liver bile.” It claims the liver should produce two pints of bile daily and that proper bile flow prevents indigestion, gas, and sour feelings, urging readers to buy the product for 10¢ or 25¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Soul Conservation by a Country Woman
A brief wartime humor piece by a country woman laments sugar rationing as households will be limited to a single molasses blurp per week, reflecting on shortages and the home front during wartime.
Vinton Grain And Poultry Show Announces Full Program
The Benton county grain poultry and egg show runs Feb 4 to 7 in Vinton with poultry culling judging grain contests at 1 pm and school contests Feb 5 at 10 am. General judging starts Feb 6 at 8:30 am with afternoon talks on the National Poultry Improvement Plan and defense poultry egg programs. Notable speakers include A D Oderkirk Ames extension poultry specialist and Francis Johnson Iowa Farm Bureau Federation president with Herb Plambeck WHO farm news editor. A Red Cross relief auction follows the evening program. Additional sessions and film showings precede Friday’s awards at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Vinton
Benton County
Benton County Poultry Association
A. D. Oderkirk
Ames Extension
Defense
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Herb Plambeck
Red Cross
H. T. Hall
H E. Rector
Ed Manilaw
Cedar Rapids
A. D Oderkirk
Rex Conn
Linn
C. D. Knupp
REA Man Released Over Materials Shortage
Harold P Meloy an electrification adviser with Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric released due to defense program material shortages. In five years with the Anamosa REA he started in 1937, helped build 1,300 miles and led development of 1,000 more lines for REA approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Harold P Meloy
Maquoketa
REA
Washington
Machine Shed and Barn Burn at West Branch Farm
West Branch fire trucks battled a blaze at the William Hahn farm west of Oasis. A large machine shed and its contents were destroyed, a cattle barn and hay were damaged, and another livestock shed suffered damage. Insurance covered the buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
William Hahn
William Hahn, Jr
Oasis
FSA Sets War Food Drive For Linn County Farmers
Hugh E Kuhn, FSA supervisor in Cedar Rapids, calls a Friday meeting of the Linn county advisory council to launch a food-for-victory program for FSA borrowers. Loans will aid expanded production for those unable to obtain credit, with targets including family gardens, year supply of food, stored produce, sorghum or honey, and meat and dairy provisions.
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Hugh E Kuhn
FSA
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Advisory Council
Farm Security Administration
Kuhn
John
Tama Benton Names New 4 H Club Agent
William Roche of Early is hired as Tama Benton county 4 H club agent to replace Merritt Canady who served since February 1940. Roche will start February 1 and comes from Iowa State College where he was active in 4 H work and on the livestock judging squad in 1940 41. Canady moves to Page County to take over as club agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Toledo
William Roche
Early
Tama- Benton County
Merritt Canady
Roche
Canady
Page County
Iowa State College
Sac County
Coming Farm Auctions Month Schedule Iowa livestock Cedar Rapids
A sequence of farm auction notices with dates from January 29 to February 12 listing sales by Iowa Livestock Exchange Oxford Sales Co and others. Locations include Cedar Rapids Monticello Oelwein Belle Plaine Stanwood Solon and more. Executors and closing-outs are noted alongside horse cattle hog and gilt sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
W. A
John T. Moffit
Mechanicsville
Oxford Sales Co
Stella Camp
Toddville
W. Williams
Alburnett
Roy Silver
Monticello
Harley van Dyke
A. Lefebvre
Ely
Richard Adams
Solon
F. M. Daubenmier
Ryan
Harry Beckner
Oelwein
Wehrmann
Berkshire
Belle Plaine
Frank E. Andrews
W. J. Sonka
John Hayes
Anamosa
Geo
Naxcra
Chief of SCS Reports Soil Conservation Progress in 1941
In the upper Mississippi valley region field and crop arrangements using rotation, contour strip cropping and pasture are aiding erosion control and productivity. H. H Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation Service, briefs Secretary Wickard on 1941 progress, noting rotations and hay grasses provide grazing and silage opportunities, while sediment studies target protecting valley bottoms and bottom lands. Economic studies in Minnesota and Wisconsin explore pasture improvement effects within conservation plans.
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Washington
Mississippi River Valley
H. H Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
Wickard
United States
Bennett
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Piedmont
Rio Grande Valley
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Auctions Settle Rural Lands Around Tipton and Nearby Towns
Tipton area farms sold at auction with prices from 130 per acre for Fred Alberts estate 80 acres near Tipton. Purchasers include a farmer north of Mt. Vernon. Other transfers report Carl Gitelman buying 60 acres near Masonville and Urban Mellick acquiring 160 acres in Allamakee County for 9000 dollars. A Waterloo Township 90 acres moved between Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Schulte and their son Clarence for 5000 dollars.
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Tipton
Fred Alberts
WE. Challis
Mt. Vernon
Waukon
Urban Mellick
Maurice Fitzgerald
Union Prairie Township
Allamakee County
Waterloo Township
H. T. Schulte
Clarence
Iowa Veterinarians Meet Sees 284 Registrations In Des Moines
Two hundred eighty four veterinarians from across Iowa registered for the fifty fourth annual Iowa Veterinary Medical association meeting in Des Moines. About eighty women registered for the ladies auxiliary session. Speakers included G G Baker Spencer and Brigadier General Charles H Grahl Des Moines. Prof W E Petersen Minnesota spoke on nutritional diseases of livestock. An interprofessional symposium on encephalitis encephalomyelitis drew nurses physicians dentists and pharmacists. L L Eisentraut presided over the session.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
G. G. Baker
Spencer
Charles H. Grahl
United States Army
Selective Service
W. E. Petersen
St. Paul
Sand Springs Creamery to Hold Annual Meeting
Sand Springs creamery announces its annual meeting on February 5 in Hopkinton with plans for reporting year funds and board actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Springs
Hopkinton
Pair of Five Year Old Geldings Sell Near Ryan
At the George Chrystal farm auction east of Ryan a pair of 5 year old geldings weighing 1650 pounds sold for 302 dollars cash. The sale drew 500 attendees and totaled 6500 dollars. Other catalog items included an 11 year old gelding at 1800 pounds for 107 dollars and a 1000 pound mare for 57.50 dollars.
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Ryan
George Chrystal
Timothy Hay
Cecil Ryan
Manchester
County Agent Quits in Marshall County
Harold J. Peterson resigns after nine years as Marshall county agent effective March 1 to run the Peterson Hereford herd with his father Louis Peterson at Liscomb. A successor has not been named.
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Marshalltown
Harold J. Peterson
Marshall County
Peterson
Louis Peterson
Liscomb
Farm and Home Week at Ames Highlights 1942 Agriculture
Iowa farmers eye defense era production and marketing shifts as the Forty-Second Farm and Home Week at Ames, February 9 to 14, invites county agents and the public. Dean H. H. Kildee outlines a national food program and rural life policy with prominent speakers and farm family courses.
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Iowa
United States
H. H. Kildee
Ames
Wickard to keynote Iowa war board meeting in St Louis
Iowa representatives of the USDA war board will attend a regional meeting in St Louis on February 2 with Secretary of Agriculture Claude R Wickard as the principal speaker. The session will cover the 1942 production goals including soybean output and reasons to boost fats and oils from the Pacific region. Attendees include farmers and county war board members from 14 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INL
Iowa Usda War Board
St. Louis
al Loveland
Iowa War Board
Claude R. Wickard
Usda War Board
Wickard
Pacific
Iowa
Loveland
Iowa Dairy Assn Sets Annual Meeting February 19
Ames report says the Iowa State Dairy association will hold its annual meeting at Iowa State College February 19 with Dr. O E Reed of the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Dairying as principal speaker. He will address the national dairy situation and Iowa's plans for victory food needs. The afternoon features winter meetings of dairy breed associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State Dairy Association
Iowa State College
O. E. Reed
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Dairying
Iowa
Dairy Breed Associations
Creamerymen Meet With Heads Of Bank For Co-Ops
Jerry Mason and Wilbur Thompson of the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives met Tuesday in Cedar Rapids with creamery directors from Cedar Rapids Coggan Central City Walker and Anamosa to discuss increasing dairy production for lend lease distribution. The Omaha officials also met dairymen Tuesday evening in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Mason
Wilbur Thompson
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Cedar Rapids
the Co-Op
Coggan
Central City
Walker
Anamosa
Iowa City
Fire destroys barn on Ed Sanderman farm near Waukon
Fire of undetermined origin burned the barn at the Ed Sanderman farm in Ludlow Township near Waukon on Monday afternoon. Loss included 50 tons hay 1400 bushels oats 500 bushels barley and a set of harness and also straw pile and silo doors. Tenanted by Leroy Hermanson the blaze was beyond control when rural fire crews arrived despite a summoned fire truck.
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Waukon
Ed Sanderman
Ludlow Township
Leroy Hermanson
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C. L. Knight
Frank Bedell
Bank
Good Hampshire
Hampshire
A. C
McCormick-Deering
Little Genius
McCormick- Deering
McCormick
Uleh
Pitlck
Wilbur Colby
First Trust and Savings Bank
E. Challis
Aud
Phone
Lisbon
FE. Marketan
Clerk
Towa
Caromel
Vinton Grain and Poultry Show
West Branch Burn
Tama-Benton
Googan
Jake
Williams
Ady
WA Sreyen
Reg
U.S
Par
Ar Williams
SCS
Sec
Carl Gitelman
Whittier
Seward Pearson
Masonville
Josephine Thorpe
J Frank Cravens
Victor Hynek
Farm Service Department
Peoples Savings Bank
Andrew AL. Clark
USDA
Iowa Dairy Assn
Alf
Tony
Schmitz
George B. Basker
Adams Homestead
Miles City
Lows
John Deere
Lota
W. KE. Chains
Audt
Markitan
Selon
Hampshire Hogs
Stanw
Tinton
Abe
Floyd Spee
Challis
Auel
Pat Union Truet
Speag
Uary
Aved
Sailes North Spear Place
Poland
Farrow
Plattenberger
Osterraard
Ausak
Stanwood
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